Photo: User:Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Cascade Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
12 jobs are based in Cascade Township; 161 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Cascade Township itself; outside it, Williamsport draws the most (24%, 17 miles). For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cascade Township by day
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Cascade Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cascade Township’s residents
Where Cascade Township clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Cascade Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cascade Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cascade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cascade Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cascade Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Cascade Township
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cascade Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Plunketts Creek Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cascade Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $70,417 |
| McIntyre Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| McNett Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Gamble Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Plunketts Creek Township | 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McIntyre Township, McNett Township, Gamble Township, Plunketts Creek Township and Lewis Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cascade Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cascade Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cascade Township?
$70,417 (±$23,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cascade Township?
7.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cascade Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cascade Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (24%, 17 mi), Loyalsock Township (6%, 14 mi), Montoursville (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cascade Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cascade Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cascade Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.